Identify Goals And Strategies Document For Employment/Job Readiness/Financial Empowerment

Identify Goals and Strategies Document for Employment/Job Readiness/Financial Empowerment Vision: Milwaukee is a model community with healthy, safe, hopeful and empowered residents Strategic Goal Strategies Possible process Collaborators Community Data Related Essential Forces of Change: Question objectives for Action Themes Public Health Services Trends, Factors, and Events Teams (% score ) (Healthiest State Project and assessment findings)

How can the All persons will have Support job growth and Workforce Development Challenges Of the children N/A  Lack of ability of city to organizations in the opportunity to access business development Programs Lack of available living in poverty bring in new industry and city of Milwaukee resources that afford Increase mentor jobs in the City of new jobs connect to provide them the potential to Improve job readiness opportunities Milwaukee,  No Child Left Behind and resources, be successful and school completion Program/Policies Jobs low- 59.1% of those chaos in funding for opportunities and financially, vocationally Increase employment for paying/w/out children live public schools has policies that and educationally Support comprehensive young workers benefits 200% below the created climate where support and collaborative poverty line. health is considered a frill employment, job financial empowerment Increase employment for Low graduation This compares to  Need for parenting training, education programs for all stages mature workers rates an estimated education and early and financial of life 29% of children childhood education empowerment? Reduce long term Lack of parental who live 200% programs Reduce barriers to unemployment involvement below the  Declining city population academic achievement poverty line in all  Migrating populations 8 and employment Implement programs and Money of Wisconsin. from city to suburbs policies aimed at asset management,/dispa  State's largest city development rities between According to the  Urban development Enhance programs and communities Start Smart resulting in shifting support policies to Workforce Support Milwaukee population distribution increase or supplement Program/Policies Require improved Report, a high causing socio-economic income or wages Implement supportive access and school segregation work environment coordination of completion rate  High prevalence of Collaborate with programs and policies programs for youth; in 2006-2007 people living in poverty programs and support scholarships, loans, was 68.6%. policies that offer other Educational/Financial mentoring, job supports to the poor Assistance & Resources training and Programs advanced Increase GED certificates education Increase parental for dropouts and young involvement in schools adults Disruptive classrooms and Establish connections poor learning Implement youth between environments development programs preconception/family that improve graduation planning services and Assets rates through a economic, education and W-2 program/other collaboration of school financial success home and community Social and approaches Increase access to quality development and affordable childcare workforce programs Increase access quality 1 Strategic Goal Strategies Possible process Collaborators Community Data Related Essential Forces of Change: Question objectives for Action Themes Public Health Services Trends, Factors, and Events Teams (% score ) (Healthiest State Project and assessment findings)

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Increase access to collaborative program development that promotes safe, affordable housing. Program/Policies Implement programs and policies that offer other supports to the poor, working poor and other workers

Support economic development programs and policies

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